HARTFORD — Put the four of them on the court together for some two-on-two and there might not be much difference between UConn guards Shabazz Napier and Ryan Boatright and Louisville guards Russ Smith and Peyton Siva. Add the particular pieces to each team and the differences become obvious.

Brutally obvious.

Louisville, the newly minted No. 1 team in the country, possesses the complementary parts. UConn does not. As a result, the Cardinals destroyed UConn's 20 minutes of upset dreams in taking a 73-58 surgical victory before a raucous-turned silent crowd of 14,287 at the XL Center on Monday night.

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